Goodbye, Christmas Tree. Hello Pine Needle Free Home.

I promise, promise, promise I'm not the type of girl to take down her Christmas tree on January 1st. Because I love Christmas. And taking down the tree is basically acknowledging that Christmas is done and over with and it's another year until the next one.

But this year, I did it. Our tree was gone less than 18 hours into the New Year.

And, strangely, it feels good.

Yes, I know I'm more than a little late sharing this tale.

The reason our tree didn't make it far into 2014 is because three strings of lights burned out and I forgot to water it for like, I dunno, eight days. It was dunzo.

I did use a Christmas tree bag for easier removal this year. While it didn't make the removal much easier or cleaner, it kept inflating under our ceiling fan and that made me smile.

What surprises me is how refreshing it is to be sans tree. As much as I love Christmas, no one can tell me the house doesn't immediately feel cleaner once the tree has hit the curb.

And it doesn't hurt that we moved around some furniture to make our living room feel more, for lack of a better word, permanent. I finally wised up and realized that the new entertainment center I've been dreaming of is at least a few months away. I've been trying to pull together the contents of our new set-up, but pictures will be coming soon.

Promise.

the Woodward Pup

What the hell guys?! Boone starts a blog and gets more pageviews on his first day than I did for my entire first month of blogging.

 I know he's really cute...

....but cute only gets you so far.

If you haven't seen what Boone is up to, click the Woodward Pup at the top of my page (because I'm a good mom) and check it out.

A Very Berry Blue Bedroom

There's not much to say about our bedroom and I really don't feel like writing a crazy long intro so that I can eventually say nothing, so I'm just going to lay it all out there: our master is now navy blue!

And here it is:

This room currently leaves a lot to be desired but it is going to be our next big undertaking. The wall color is just the beginning. Overall, everything else is going to be light, bright, and airy. I'm putting together my mood board and Pinteresting up a storm to prepare to this project.

Be on the look out because this wheel's a-turnin'.